<p>Dubai: Afghanistan all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai, known for his dynamic pace bowling and powerful batting, was on Monday named the ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year 2024.</p>.<p>The 24-year-old built on an impressive 2023 to become one of the world's leading One-Day International performers last year.</p>.<p>Omarzai also enjoyed a strong year in T20Is and franchise cricket, but it was in ODIs where he proved most influential.</p>.<p>He finished the year as his national team's second-highest run scorer behind Rahmanullah Gurbaz and second-highest wicket-taker behind AM Ghazanfar, with Afghanistan winning four of their five ODI series in 2024.</p>.Arshdeep Singh named the ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Year.<p>He scored 417 runs while taking 17 wickets in 14 matches last year.</p>.<p>His consistent performances powered Afghanistan to four consecutive series wins over Ireland, South Africa, Bangladesh, and Zimbabwe.</p>.<p>The Afghanistan all-rounder was a standout performer with bat and ball throughout the year, scoring his runs at an average of 52.12 and bagging his wickets at 20.47.</p>.<p>Omarzai's brilliance lay not just in the overall numbers but in his individual performances, starting off in his very first ODI of the year, where he smashed an unbeaten 149 in a remarkable rearguard effort in the defeat against Sri Lanka.</p>.<p>A destructive 86 not out from just 50 deliveries against South Africa was another memorable performance, with his rapid scoring helping set up a crushing win in the second ODI to win the series.</p>
<p>Dubai: Afghanistan all-rounder Azmatullah Omarzai, known for his dynamic pace bowling and powerful batting, was on Monday named the ICC Men's ODI Cricketer of the Year 2024.</p>.<p>The 24-year-old built on an impressive 2023 to become one of the world's leading One-Day International performers last year.</p>.<p>Omarzai also enjoyed a strong year in T20Is and franchise cricket, but it was in ODIs where he proved most influential.</p>.<p>He finished the year as his national team's second-highest run scorer behind Rahmanullah Gurbaz and second-highest wicket-taker behind AM Ghazanfar, with Afghanistan winning four of their five ODI series in 2024.</p>.Arshdeep Singh named the ICC Men's T20I Cricketer of the Year.<p>He scored 417 runs while taking 17 wickets in 14 matches last year.</p>.<p>His consistent performances powered Afghanistan to four consecutive series wins over Ireland, South Africa, Bangladesh, and Zimbabwe.</p>.<p>The Afghanistan all-rounder was a standout performer with bat and ball throughout the year, scoring his runs at an average of 52.12 and bagging his wickets at 20.47.</p>.<p>Omarzai's brilliance lay not just in the overall numbers but in his individual performances, starting off in his very first ODI of the year, where he smashed an unbeaten 149 in a remarkable rearguard effort in the defeat against Sri Lanka.</p>.<p>A destructive 86 not out from just 50 deliveries against South Africa was another memorable performance, with his rapid scoring helping set up a crushing win in the second ODI to win the series.</p>